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Historical Event on 8/3/1998
India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/23/1976 | Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72. |
| 11/20/1967 | First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. |
| 4/1/1918 | Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain. |
| 6/23/1810 | Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed. |
| 12/27/1992 | Dhananjay Bhattacharya, famous Bengali singer, died. |
| 10/28/1997 | Gold import placed under Open General Licence. |
| 12/16/1971 | Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan. |
| 4/17/1946 | Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away. |
| 8/21/1997 | Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people. |
| 8/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state. |
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